There is a Science of Winning

"Chance favors the prepared mind."

                                                              Louis Pasteur, Chemist

For centuries in the existence of human kind, there is manner in which people succeed. This simply implies that there is a science of winning. Without following set measures or laws of success, winning is impossible. I have embarked in this subject for sometime now that I have realized this crucial stage of life.

The truth of the matter is that only people who have paid respect to this science that they have won now and again in their lives. It is also with this regard that some have never benefited to whatever existent in their lives. In the following passages I will highlight some principles of living a winning life. 

1. Play where you can win

Only people who have played where they could win that they have set world records. If you are trying to do something in a field where you know that winning is impossible, you are wasting your time. Success in inevitable only if people stick to what they know how to do. Tiger Woods would not have been the greatest golfer if he tried to play in a wrong sport. Even you, you can not do well in the exam if you were to use the hand that you are not familiar with. Success or winning requires that you stick or play where you can excel. Excelling is the core in the art of winning. This means finding your sweet spot in life where you can succeed beyond limits. You cannot spend your time on the wrong place and expect to win. 

2. Do What is Essential for you to win

Your success will come only when you do the right thing that will see you succeed. There might be many things that you can engage in but if they are not inline with your goals of sweet spot do not do them. This mean engaging in the right assignment for you to win. Everything is within your capacity but what you need to know is, is it the right activity that you are involved with. Keep in mind that your activities determine your results as much as your thought determine your activities. So be careful what you use your energy on. Your success is guaranteed only if you do what is essential to win.

3. Do it at the speed of execution

It does not matter what you do and how you do it but there is a speed in which things happen within. If you cannot catch up with the speed of the execution of your plans, you cannot succeed. The speed in which you apply your plans determine the level in which you will reap the benefits in your life. Stop wasting your time in focusing on the things that slow you down. Be careful how you spend your time when execute your plans. For everything that consumes your time consumes your life. 

You have everything in your hands but what you need is the correct formula of winning in your life. This mean to you that there is a "science in winning in life". Find your sweet spot, do what is essential to win and do it at the speed of execution. By so doing you will succeed no matter what is the opposition. 

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Sibusiso Mbhele- Author, Transformational Speaker and Life Coach  

Adopt Definite Principles to win in your life

Sibusiso Mbhele

What separates a winner from the rest of the pack is not raw talent or physical ability; it is the drive and dedication to work hard every single day and the heart to go after your dream, no matter how unattainable others think it is.

Linda Mastandrea

There are determining factors in life that crown others as winners and some losers that have prevailed over time. In life, we are inspiring to win. It might be in sport, education, music, work, relationships, politics, and e.t.c. winning is what drives us to face the new day. In the process of pursing championship, some stick to the rules and some broke those rules. However, it is playing according to the rules of championship that we become champions. I have met people who wanted to win but did not adhered to the rules of championships and failed. Champions happen to be people who were less acknowledged in their lives. Champions learned to do things that losers did not do. In my process of studying champions in the process of enhancing myself as a speaker, I learnt many things that make a champion.

Some people have believed in their minds that champions are extra-ordinary people. Champions are people who go an extra mile than losers.  The curios part about champions is that they are not born as champions but they are made to be champions. Championship transcend being in the field of play but excellence is their core principle.

In this article, I want to share with many people the scoop of winning in life. For champions are different from the mediocre. In my book why sit there, I spoke about getting out of your comfort zone. So, champions feel strong when they are under pressure. They perform more when the opposition rises against them. You cannot earn a championship title unless your back is strong to face every setbacks. Dr. John Tibane once said, “You need to turn your setbacks into your comeback.” To be a champion it requires that you wake up each time you fall.  Championship is not the matter of not failing but rising up each time, you fail.

Champions are people of influence with their lives. These people worked hard to get into the spot light and still work hard to remain. In a nutshell, champions are leaders. They are the true reflection of leaders no matter what comes their way. Champions fight the good fight of faith. Champions believe in themselves. Champions work in themselves before they get into championships. Lastly, champions possess a dynamic desire that lastly them for the good course and a lifetime.

Champions are principled people. They live a life which is value driven. To be a champion in your life, you need to have principles that distinguish you from the rest of other people. This mean understanding what you need to do, to reach a high peak. Successful people have this in common, principles that they live according. You will never be a champion unless you have principles that will accelerate you into a championship.

As someone, enjoy watching sports, all champions in every sport codes have principles that they follow everyday. Whenever, they have made it to the top, they recite such principles when interviewed. In my career as a speaker and author, I came up with this three ground principles of champions. They are the core of the ones I was to think of. 

Play where you can win

To be a champion it calls that you find a sweet spot. A sweet spot is an area where you can excel. Where is an area where you can excel more than your opposition? Most people have failed to live remarkable lives due to the failure of focusing on the places where they can win. People who have earned championships are the ones who have find their sweet spots.

If you want to improve your impact as a leader, build upon your strengths by spending as much time as you can doing what you do really well, learn to do what you do not know how to do, and spend as little time as possible doing things you do not do well.

Soccer stars, netball, hockey, music, movies, basketball and baseball they all have one thing in common, they are playing where they can win. They did not watch other people doing what they do best and tried to be them but they followed their desires. What is your sweet spot? Where are you playing to win?

If you were to be given everything that money can buy and the sum of money you have been thinking about, where can you express yourself? What is that activity that puts a smile in your face, wake you up in the morning?

Discover Your Passion

Before you set your intention, it is important to know what you are passionate about. Do you know what you are truly passionate about? If you do, Great! Do this next exercise to confirm your passion. If you do not know what your passion is, pay particular attention to this next section. Discovering what you are passionate about is simple to do. Simply think about what you love to do. Think about what gives you the most pleasure.

How do you know you are passionate about something? Just recognize how you feel when you think of that thing. What do you talk about most of the time? What are you thinking about even when you shouldn’t be thinking about it? Which book section do you go to at the bookstore or the library? Which magazines do you buy or look through? What subjects were most appealing to you when you were in school? What do you do research on? What are your hobbies? What are the things you really enjoy spending time doing? Start to think about some of the things that you have done in the past that you became passionate about.

Think about a time in your life when you were the happiest and the most peaceful and remember what it was that you were doing, having or being. Ask yourself the appropriate questions. You will get the answers. If you do not have answers to the questions immediately, ask again and again until you get the answers. Try doing different activities – drafting, gardening, public speaking, lecturing, a sales profession, writing – and use your gut instinct to determine your level of passion.

Here are the questions to help discover what you are passionate about. Record your answers as you ask the questions and review them later. Keep these questions for future reference. Your passion may change as you get older, or your passion may change when circumstances in your life change, so you may want to keep these questions handy for future reference. You can also use these questions to determine your continued level of passion after you have set your goals, to decide whether the goals you have set for yourself are true for you.

Here are the questions to determine your passion:

What do I really want to do with my life?

What am I passionate about?

What do I love?

Where would I go if I had the freedom to go anywhere?

What would I do if I could do anything?

What would I have if there were no limits?

Who would I become?

What gives me the most satisfaction in my life?

What do I really enjoy doing in my spare time?

What motivates me?

What inspires me?

What excites me?

What drives me?

When I have had the experience of jumping out of bed with excitement, what was the cause?

What have I done in the past that has given me the most pleasure?

How do I want to contribute to the lives of others?

What would I like to give to others?

How would I like to be remembered?

If I were granted one wish, and I knew that that wish would be granted, what would I wish for?

You’ll know what your true passion is by the way you feel when you answer these questions. When you reread your answer you will feel the blood rush in your veins. You will feel excitement and energy. You will feel inspired. You will want to get up and go!

Know your passion before you move on to the next part of this lesson.

Do what is essential

When you have found that spot, you need to do just what is essential for you to win. Being a champion, is sticking to the core things that makes you a champion. Focus your attention on the activities that accelerates you. Only use your energy on the things that you enjoy doing and you do well. 

You can never be a champion doing things that does not contribute in you becoming a champion. Ahead of you, there is always victory but if only you stick to the right activities.

There are three fundamental areas that will define your success as a champion: how well you lead yourself, how well you lead others, and how well you lead the organization. Only if you can master these, will you achieve true greatness.

Do it at the speed of execution

Champions are crowned within a given time. To be a champion, you need to master time. It takes ninety minutes for a soccer match for a champion to be crowned.  If you cannot master the art of time in your way to the top, you cannot remain there for some time. We are all given 24 hours a day to influence where we work, in our relationships, society, more but we complain about not having enough time. Champions do not complain about the time given to play the game. The reason being is that they start the game with an understanding that 90 minutes, 80 minutes etc. is what they have win. They begin the game with high energy to score the winning goal.

The most contributing factor to many failures has been their slow pace. They did not acknowledged time given to them. All great champions or stars and leaders have maximized their activities within time they had. What are you doing with your 24 hours per day? Do you feel lacking time or clear goals? 

I have provided you with essential tools to win. Your life is a valuable treasure that needs to be exploded. Only people who have mastered the art of winning have reaped the fruits of living a good life. Dare to win in your everyday life and apply these principles.

Sibusiso Mbhele is a transformational speaker ,Life Coach and an author of three books; Three Areas to a Successful Career, Why Sit there ‘till you die and The Make of a Champion.

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THE ART OF EXCEPTIONAL LIVING BY JIM ROHN

When you look at the life you currently life, how does it make you feel? Do you feel that you have achieved all that you’ve wanted? Most likely, you have not achieved all of your goals. There are those who lead mundane, hum-drum lifestyles as well as those who are much happier and fulfilled. However, no matter where you are in your life at the moment, there is still the chance to master the art of exceptional living.
First, you must define what exceptional living means to you. If you could improve at least five things in your life, what would they be? Probably you would want to improve your financial situation and possibly even make a few personal changes such as lose weight, become healthier, less stressed, etc. You might even envision yourself living somewhere else and having better relationships as well as more friendships. Maybe you just want some peace and quiet. Whatever your definitions of exceptional living is, it’s definitely possible.
People who lead better-than-average lifestyles are much more content. Everything they want seems to come to them with relative ease. However, it is important to realize that these people do not make it to where they want to be overnight. You must develop within you a very intense and deep longing for a better lifestyle. Often, people don’t reach out for the type of lifestyle they yearn for until things become unbearable with their current lifestyle.
One thing is for sure, and it is that if you are not currently happy and your situation is not improving, it is only going to get worse. The reality is that you can either wait for it to become so bad that you are forced to change it. Sooner or later, something has got to give, right? Why not take the steps necessary to produce change now?
Fortunately, it does not take much to get the wheels of your life spinning in a better direction. The first step is figuring out what you want to change. In order to do this, just think for a moment about the things in your life that make you uncomfortable. In the end, you will find that the ultimate solution to all of your problems is to focus on your own happiness.
When a person focuses on leading an exceptional lifestyle, everything else falls into place. All it takes is one simple improvement to get things moving in the right direction. There are numerous guides on the market that provide people with the very information needed to begin their journey toward a more pleasing life. All it truly takes is some time to sit down and discover who you really are and what you really want.
Perhaps you feel as though you’re being selfish by wanting more. Too often, as people mature into their adult years, they begin looking at life through restricted lenses. They believe that the life they are living is the life they are meant to live, and they are in the position they are in for a reason. Unfortunately, most people are being limited by their own beliefs. Those who are successful and truly abundant do not feel that it is a crime to be happy. They do outrageous things and they succeed because they have a true desire to achieve their dreams.
The art of exceptional living is not something that is only available to those who were born into rich families or people who are beautiful and talented, it’s something that everyone can have. Remember that the first step toward achieving the life of your dreams is having the desire to change, and then doing everything in your power to manifest that change.

 

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The Source Determines Potential

     “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.”
                           Benjamin Disraeli

The nature of life of everything made or created is that there's a source from where it originates from. Therefore the level of its potential is derived from that point in which it is originated from.  Everything is made up of the same stuff as what it comes out of. For an example if the plant decides “I am tired of the soil it also decides to I am ready to die”. If you decide you do not need God, you also have decided never to become all he created you to become. Life is not possible when a thing separated from its source. Whatever God said came out of what he spoke to, Gen 1v 26-28.

²⁶God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth.^(D)

    ²⁷So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.^(E)

    ²⁸And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.

The above scripture defines what we are, it also provide us with the productivity manual. My success and your success depend on the source, which is God. Mind you that you and I are dead soil without the spirit of God put in us. For you to succeed in every plan you have in life, stay connected to the source. It is the source that can enable you to completion in your life no matter what other motivations could be. Things which are made out of originals possess threats as time goes on.

The performance of an athlete depends on the amount of time spent in training. When you see an athlete breaking records in the Olympic Games you reflect on the preparation which is training. Therefore, the strength of an athlete in the field is an indication that there is a correlation with the time spent in the training. Your success will depend in the understanding you have of where you come from. Let us take the building of a house for an example; for a house to be stronger and last a long time and against powerful storms, it should have a strong foundation. The foundation of the house becomes the sources of the house. Without the foundation the house is not a house but a disaster to be revealed.

You have potential but it will take you understand your source in maximising that potential. Don't die with this potential because graveyards are already full of dreams neer lived, songs never released, houses never built and love never shown. What has limited yourself in reaching what you dream of, what you praise from other people around. The thruth of the matter is, your source wants you to excell beyond measure if only you acknowledge Him.

God bless you as you Discover yourself and your abilities in your life.

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From Risk to Riches

   “Conquest of what is deemed unattainable makes the journey all the more exciting.” Aakanksha Sharma

Life has rewarded mostly people who have taken Risks. Those who have stayed in their Comfort zones have only experienced the rewards of being passive in life. In the study I have conducted of all the Wealthy and Great people only one Common Dernominator has been identified and that is Risks. In some context their refer to it as Faith and some Calculated Risks. But one thing of all is that making a move was once impossible.

There are many lives that have been deprived meaning due to fear of taking life worthy risks. Hence there are those who are sung as heroic just because someone believed that they were worth taking. Even in relationships, careers, businesses, teams and organizations there those risks not been taken as result only ordinary experiences are witnessed.

Linda Proctor in her book Earn it and Enjoy it highlighted on risk the following scenarios;
 
What risks have you taken in your life? What benefits have you reaped by being in your comfort zone? If your answer on taking risk has benefited you in your life, live to take risk because they are rewarding but if you're not for how long are you going to lock your abilities in that comfort?

Lastly, one way or the other life is a risk so do not dispise taking risk if the outcome will change your life to the better. If it wasn't for taking risks in life, you would'nt be walking today and in a relationship you're in, have a degree from that institution and wake up in the morning to work for the pay you'll get at the end of the month.

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If you are unwilling to risk, you are voting for mediocrity in your life. Let me first bring your attention to these risk takers:
When slavery was an accepted way to treat people, William Wilberforce stood up in the British Parliament, spoke out against it, and began the process of abolishing it. Wilberforce was willing to risk. Think about what it took.

When Rosa Parks refused to go to the back of the bus as was the custom for Black people, she risked and won. She ignited the Civil Rights movement in the United States.

Top Brands Sell

We live in a society where we associate ourselves with selected actities which are of certain value in our everyday lives. This has created a space where even people we interact with should be of a certain class or standard. Brands have taken our everyday living with storm because we want to be perceived as valuable beings.

This has also contributed in the work place, friendships and political arena that people we relate to should be Personal Branded. Personal Branding is therefore a manner in which one builds himself or herself to attract opportunities in life. This happens even in sports, that is why teams pay Millions to players who are catogorised as the Top Players to give their teams value. But the uneasy thruth about this is that it takes those individual players to work hard in Gyms, Lifestyle and more. I have seen talented people fail to make it to mark due for being brandless.

Why is a goal by Beckham enjoyed more than a goal by any other player?

Why do we have people build temples for Amitabh Bachchan (a famous Indian filmstar) and not for any other equally successful movie star? Does the answer lie only in the talents possessed by these individuals or something beyond that? Do these personalities “brand” themselves and consciously do or refrain from doing things that affect their brand image?

A BRAND may be defined as a name to which a set of associations and benefits has become attached in the consumer's mind. This name could be that of a product, a service, a corporate entity or even an individual.

There are numerous examples of people who have become brands.

Internationally, numerous names across industry sectors and occupational profiles come to mind including Madonna, Armani, Michael Jackson, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Richard Branson, Mother Teresa and so on. In the business arena it is a widely accepted fact that dynamic CEOs become intrinsically linked to the companies they represent. (Eg. Jack Welch, Lee Iacocca). As such it is important not only for a company to brand its offerings but also its people and its leader.

Various authors have different views on the need for personal branding.

However, all of them agree that a personal brand plays the same role as any brand does – of differentiating a product, service (or person) from others.

Steve Van, author of Get Slightly Famous, points out the following advantages of branding oneself:

• Differentiate yourself from your competition

• Position your focused message in the hearts and minds of your target customers

• Confers “top of mind” status

• Increases authority and credence of decisions

• Places you in a leadership role

• Enhances prestige

• Attracts the right people and opportunities

• Adds perceived value to what you are selling

• Earns recognition

• Associates you with a trend

• Increases earning potential

Peter Montoya however says that a personal brand does not:

• Cover up incompetence

• Make you famous

• Get you to your goals and suggests that an individual should develop a Personal Brand:

• When you feel unrecognized for accomplishments

• When others are achieving goals you set for yourself

• When you feel you have gone as far as you can conventionally

• When you want an edge over your competition.

How to create a personal brand

Creating personal brands is very much like creating any brand. We must decide the brand elements, give meaning to them, position them, communicate the meaning and manage it over time. According to marketing consultant Kristie Tamsevicius, an underlying assumption of personal branding philosophy is that each of us has unique gifts and a distinct purpose in life.

There steps to Personal Branding

Determine Who You Are

Since personal brands have a direct reflection on the person, to identify our personal brands we must ask ourselves – what do I do that makes me different (Tom Peters). We must identify our greatest strengths and most noteworthy personal traits.

Personal branding is about determining who you are at your core authentic self, rather than inventing a brand that you would like to be perceived as.

One’s personal brand emerges from the search for identity and meaning, out of which comes an awareness of personal strengths and talents.

It also involves determining ones brand elements - making conscious choices about the people to associate with, the clothes to wear, the food to eat, the place where to stay, the way of speaking in public and in private etc. It is essentially telling the world who you are through visible cues.

Determine What You Do

This involves writing down ones greatest area of professional interest or passion. This reflects the kind of work one wants to do in life. It involves asking oneself - What do I do that adds remarkable, measurable, distinguished, distinctive value? What do I do that I am most proud of ?

Personal branding is not applying an attractive mask, it is understanding what ones values are, and learning to make these values relevant to other people. Much of developing a personal brand centers on identifying personal values.

Position Yourself

By identifying the qualities or characteristics that make a person distinctive from his competitors or colleagues, one can create a positioning for himself.

What have I done to make myself stand out? What would my colleagues or my customers say is my greatest and clearest strength?

While promoting brand You, everything than a person does or chooses not to do communicates the value and character of the brand. Everything from the way of handling phone calls, to the email messages, to the way of conducting business in a meeting is part of the larger message that is sent about a personal brand. Just like it is true for products and services, good personal brands stand apart from others and create strong favourable and unique associations. The aim of every personal brand is to be clear, distinctive, and be easily understood, and to expresses a unique, compelling benefit that people believe in.

Manage Your Brand

According to Montoya, the key to any personal branding campaign is "word of- mouth marketing." The network of friends, colleagues, clients, and customers is the most important marketing vehicle that a personal brand has got. What they say about the brand is what the market will ultimately gauge as the value of the brand.

The personal brand must establish a place of trust and relevance in the prospects minds. The more it is believed by people, the more it will spread throughout the market without pushing.

To evaluate how is brand You doing it is necessary to obtain honest, helpful feedback on the brand performance, growth and value. The next step is to work to close the gap between what the brand is today and how it wants to be perceived by others.

So to determine how far you can go you need to set yourself as a Brand that will attract people to you, that will attract funding to your ideas or projects. Remember that is how people like Bill Gates, Steven Jobs, Vusi Thembekwayo, Sboniso Mtshali started. Ask yourself who are you in the Nutshell and usee the above steps to Add Value in Your Life.

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